LONDON, England—The “no-touch” harvesting technique for patients undergoing CABG surgery using a saphenous vein graft does not lower the risk of graft failure but is associated with a significantly ...

In patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery performed 2-3 days after ticagrelor cessation showed noninferiority with respect to perioperative bleeding ...

A new study finds that a simple index combining triglycerides, total cholesterol, and body weight outperforms established ...

We identified 211 patients who had a noncardiac surgical procedure within 1 year after CABG. We report patient characteristics and medical history in Table 1. Variables and outcomes associated with ...

In sharp contrast to earlier studies, patients with severe triple-vessel heart disease fared equally well whether they underwent open-heart bypass surgery (CABG) or a less invasive procedure called ...

The use of fractional flow reserve (FFR) or instantaneous wave-free ratio (iFR) to assess the functional significance of coronary lesions prior to CABG surgery is linked with a higher risk of early ...

This EVH technique could offer patients small scars, less pain, fast wound healing and a low risk of wound complications. The surrounding skin on the patient's leg will also remain largely intact, ...

Bypass surgery is a type of open-heart surgery. Surgeons may use several different types of bypass surgeries to repair or replace the heart. Open-heart surgery is an operation where surgeons repair or ...

Women continue to have a higher risk of mortality and morbidity after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) compared with men, with no significant improvements seen over the last decade, a ...

People with severe peripheral artery disease, or PAD, who received bypass surgery to improve blood flow to their legs and feet had 65 percent fewer repeat procedures and 27% fewer amputations than ...

A coronary artery bypass is one of several types of open-heart surgeries, which are major medical procedures. Open-heart surgery is a group of procedures that involve cutting through the breastbone to ...